The median/average age of the population of Murray Bridge is 39 years of age.

80.9% of people living in the region of Murray Bridge were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.2% United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, 1.4% China , 1.3% New Zealand, 0.8% Philippines, 0.7% Italy, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% Germany, 0.5% India, 0.2% Turkey.

85.0% of people living in Murray Bridge speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.4% Mandarin, 1.3% Other, 1.0% Italian, 0.4% Turkish, 0.4% Tagalog, 0.3% Filipino , 0.3% Arabic, 0.3% German.

45.4% of people are married, 34.0% have never married and 9.5% are divorced and 3.8% are separated. There are 993 widowed people living in Murray Bridge.

55.2% of the people living in Murray Bridge over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.2% are working on a part time basis. Murray Bridge has an unemployment rate of 7.6%.